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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1943
Page
4
A 1942 War Production Board ruling banning suspender buttons on work pants faced backlash from workers and supporters, sparking the suspenders bloc. The WPB reversed the ban within a year, restoring suspender buttons and promising higher production in foundry, farm, and forest as the “hitching” faded and laborers felt uplift.
The article argues Nazi control in Bulgaria and satellites crumbles under Allied blows and internal weakness. Bulgaria considers independence as Jugoslavian guerrillas gain Allies’ support, Russia draws nearer, and Portugal backs Britain. Turkey moves toward the Allies. Mussolini’s regime in Italy remains impotent.
A reflection on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s return from a wartime journey that defied disability. The piece recalls his early battle with infantile paralysis, highlights the dangers of traveling to Teheran Cairo Italy and aboard warships, and commends his courage and commitment to victory. The voyage, unseen by enemies, is framed as a symbol of resolve to shorten the war.
Fifty years ago local items report the death of Andrew J Wilcox a respected Frederick lumberman aged 64 formerly with Wilcoxon and Markey. Also noted were a dancing bear escape near Liberty false fire alarms and a Frederick dry goods merchant providing free lunch for clerks. Samuel Green Myersville formerly Adamstown School principal named as B&O postal clerk.
County Treasurer Jonn W Snook reports about 4000 tan accounts for 1923 unsettled leaving an estimated 1500 to 3000 to be settled in the next ten days. An oil stove in Frank M Urban's kitchen caused a fire alarm that was extinguished before fire crews arrived. Ten registered Holstein Friesian cattle purchased by Charles Wertheimer from Kentucky arrived at Elmwood farm between the city and Brad dock. Kiwanis efforts to secure a suitable picture of Francis Scott Key Ty present to the local hotel in his honor were explained at the regular meeting. The Key granddaughter has a fine photograph of an oil painting of Key.
War analyst Kirke L Samp son notes Arawe on New Britain as a strategic diversion and possible base for future drives. He cites roughly 40,000 Japanese on the island and discusses risks, naval support, and the potential role of Arawe in the broader Pacific campaign.
In Advent cheer, Santa smiles from a Patrick Street window while Kiddies attend the Tivoli Theater annual show and collect for the needy. Red Cross drives pause until January 3 as surgeons prepare kits, with a new nurse corps and blood plasma emphasis. Local officials report tax shifts and postwar road planning, while deaths, wills, and arson cases fill court, and holiday charity baskets aim to ease cold and hunger.
Reports indicate Indian troops are steadily advancing against Huon ringboard Arawe forces while Nipponese control erodes as Gilpert group losses to American arms grow. Word spreads rapidly, bypassing occupation authorities and shaping native opinion.
Glad hand for Gripsholm passengers marks their return from Japanese captivity as representatives from Army Navy State OSS and OWI push to recruit repatriates for government service. Separate notes discuss Sen Bailey’s planned southern Democratic party move and ongoing postwar policy debates, including war contract renegotiation and censorship timing.
Dear Dorothy Dix notes couples often misread early marriage as a romance and warns that disillusionment and high expectations breed divorce. The piece urges patience, shared experience, and fortitude to turn a shaky union into lasting happiness rather than quitting.
A columnist advises a daughter-in-law to keep her complaints within family bounds. She warns that public airing harms the husband’s reputation and career, urging tact rather than exposure. The columnist suggests a stern retort offering to “return” the husband and involving the children as needed.
A humorous note on human relations and public meetings shelves a wry view of committees and councils. The writer, N. A. Lupburrow, laments long debates, grand declarations, and weighty decisions that feel as light as a mouse, urging humor to cope with bureaucratic chaos.
Miss Clare Leighton's Give Us This Day, produced at Braddock Heights, is published by Raynal and Hitchcock. The 86 page volume features Middletown valley as its main endpaper drawing and blends prose style with chalk drawings, praised by the Evening Sun for its strength and detail.
This compact note explains common misuses and pronunciations of words like ablution leniency lenity grandeur approbation and related synonyms. It highlights how approbation means approval or sanction and cites Addison to illustrate the concept.
Weather notes show deficient precipitation totaling 8.91 inches for the period December 1. Yesterday’s high was 36 and yesterday’s low 13. A year ago the highs were 39 and the lows 23. Today’s sunset is 3:49 p.m., sunrise tomorrow at 8:26 a.m., moonrise tomorrow at 12:25 a.m. and moonset at 1:49 a.m.
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